The second American infected with Ebola, who arrived Tuesday in the U.S for treatment, once served as a missionary with a Eustis-based aid group that helps orphan children in African countries.Nancy Writebol, the 59-year-old aid worker, served for 14...

Liberia's president on Tuesday called for an Ebola "Marshall Plan" to help rebuild economies in West African nations devastated by the virus. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said that "we need our international partners to remain committed to...

An American missionary who survived the Ebola virus is returning to the West African country where she was infected last year. A spokesman for the North Carolina-based charity SIM said Monday that Nancy Writebol is returning to Liberia with her husband....

ZMapp, the experimental Ebola drug that won notoriety when it was given to a handful of infected aid workers at the height of the epidemic, will now begin clinical testing in Liberian treatment centers, U.S. health authorities said.
"Although...

President Barack Obama said Friday that the world has made "extraordinary strides in driving back Ebola" because of the efforts of the U.S., Liberia and other partners but both he and Liberia's leader said more must be done to combat the...

Liberia's leader on Sunday urged the United States and other countries to keep up their support to the West African nation as it recovers from the Ebola epidemic and refocuses attention on infrastructure projects that will better position it to tackle...

Eight health workers at a hospital in Liberia's capital have been sent home for observation after coming into contact with a patient who later tested positive for Ebola, the country's assistant health minister said Saturday. The incident occurred at the...

Liberia's president on Friday ordered officials to lift an overnight curfew put in place six months ago to fight the Ebola epidemic and to reopen the country's land border crossings. The new orders from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, which take effect...

The head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response on Thursday hailed Liberia's success in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus, but warned against complacency now that the number of cases has dropped. "What I've seen is that the...

Students in Liberia began returning to the classroom Monday after a six-month closure during the Ebola epidemic that left thousands dead, lining up in their uniforms to have their temperatures taken before they could enter school gates. Pupils who...

A U.S. military medical unit from Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland is packing up four mobile Ebola testing laboratories in Liberia after a nearly four-month deployment. The Joint Forces Command for Unified Assistance said Tuesday that the 22-member 1st...

The building site for a field hospital — America’s first big contribution to Liberia’s fight against Ebola — looks a little discouraging: a sweeping expanse of mud and puddles in swampy ground, with piles of gravel, three idle construction machines, and a...

The small, frail girl was slumped in the street outside a row of shops when an ambulance picked her up.
Anna Singbeh, 11, was terrified. The child, from the town of Totota in central Liberia, had seen her mother sicken with the Ebola virus and swiftly...

Fears rose Friday that the Ebola virus may have spread as Nigerian authorities said they have quarantined two people who may have the disease and have another 69 under observation.
With fears the disease may get a toehold in Nigeria’s most populous city,...

As the Ebola virus ravages West Africa, two American health workers who contracted the disease in Liberia were airlifted back to the United States to be treated with an experimental drug. They have since recovered.But colleagues of a doctor in Sierra...

The World Health Organization is launching a $100 million response plan to combat an "unprecendented" outbreak of Ebola in West Africa that has killed 729 people out of 1,323 infected since February, the agency said on...

At least four people have died from Ebola in Liberia's capital, a World Health Organisation and a government official said on Tuesday, the first confirmed deaths in Monrovia from a months-long regional outbreak.
"There are seven cases reported in...